Key Scottish Environment Statistics 2016
Reference document offering information on a wide range of environmental topics, covering key datasets.
Introduction
Welcome to the sixteenth edition of the annual publication 'Key Scottish Environment Statistics' ( KSES). This is available as a web publication only.
This publication aims to provide an easily accessible reference
document that offers information on a wide range of environmental
topics. It covers key datasets on the state of the environment in
Scotland, with an emphasis on the trends over time wherever
possible. The data are supplemented by text providing brief
background information on environmental impacts and data source, a
summary of the trend and brief information on the potential factors
affecting the trend. An Excel spreadsheet containing the data sets
and charts presented in this publication is also available on our
website.
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Environment/Publications
Revisions and Further Information
This publication provides a snapshot of the data as available at
October 2016 and will not be revised throughout the year. An
internet database, Scottish Environment Statistics Online (
SESO),
accompanies this publication as a data dissemination tool and
contains additional statistics to those presented here, where
available. Any data revisions or updates to the information
presented in
KSES
will be made in
SESO and
identified in the
Recent
changes page.
SESO also
provides detailed metadata including information on data accuracy
and suitability, quality assurance, comparability and data
revisions. You will find a link to the corresponding
SESO
dataset at the bottom of each page of this publication, titled
'Metadata'. This will take you to the main
SESO
dataset for the data. You can then access the further information
about the data by choosing the 'Source Metadata' tab of the
SESO
dataset page. The
SESO
database is continually updated throughout the year, so in order to
obtain the most up-to-date statistics please refer to the address
below.
http://www.gov.scot/seso/
The Scottish Government Environment Statistics Revisions Policy can be found here:
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Environment/Revisions/revisionspolicy.
Data Quality
This is a National Statistics publication.
National Statistics are certified as meeting the high
professional standards within the
UK Statistics Authority's
Code of Practice for Official Statistics:
http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/assessment/code-of-practice/index.html.
Not all of the figures included in this publication are designated as National Statistics. Some of the figures included are produced by other organisations. In addition to any quality assurance conducted by these organisations, the Scottish Government also conducts a quality assurance process for these datasets. We have deemed any dataset contained in this publication to be fit for purpose and of a high enough quality to be published in this document. Such datasets have previously been available on request from these organisations. Further information on the source of a dataset, and further metadata, can be obtained via the source and metadata links at the bottom of each page in the publication (see Revisions and Further Information above).
Sources of Further Environmental Statistics
A general directory of websites that provide environmental
statistics for Scotland is available at:
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Environment/Links
For some of the statistics included in the publication, reference is made to targets set by the Scottish Government; more details can be found on the Scotland Performs website at: http://www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms
Scotland's Environment Web is another source of environmental
data. The indicators and data section of the website has been
developed in collaboration with colleagues in
SEPA and
Scottish Natural Heritage (
SNH).
http://www.environment.scotland.gov.uk/get-informed/indicators-and-data/
Publication Key
Throughout this publication, an ' R' indicates that figures have been revised since the previous edition of Key Scottish Environment Statistics. A ' P' in the page title indicates that the latest figures are provisional. It should also be noted that throughout this publication, figures and percentages may not sum exactly due to rounding.
User Feedback
Our aim is to produce a useful, user-friendly publication. Therefore, we would be very grateful if you would let us know what you think about 'Key Scottish Environment Statistics' and how you make use of our statistics. If you also wish to send further comments on the format and contents of this publication, or if there are any other environmental statistics that you think we should include in future editions, please feel free to contact us using the details below. Any comments or feedback would be most welcome.
Website:
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Environment
Email:
envstats@gov.scot
Tel: 0131 244 0445
Directorate for Environment and Forestry
Scottish Government, Victoria Quay
Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ
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